Newsletter 23 February 2010

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Paring and intense pulsed light versus paring alone for recalcitrant hand and foot warts (Lasers Surg Med.)

Interventions for increasing ankle range of motion in patients with neuromuscular disease.  (Cochrane Database Syst Rev)

Why is it so hard to do the right thing in wound care?  (Wound Repair Regen.)

Late rearfoot eversion and lower-limb internal rotation caused by changes in the interaction between forefoot and support surface. (J Am Podiatr Med Assoc. )

Morphological adaptation of the tarso-metatarsal joints onto load transmission in the foot. (Surg Radiol Anat.)

Mid-term results of Scarf osteotomy in hallux valgus.

(Int Orthop.)

The influence of foot posture on the cost of transport in humans. (J Exp Biol.)

Overuse ankle injuries in professional Irish dancers. (Foot Ankle Surg.)

Using ingrotool style tools for OC nails

A beaver blade is probably not appropriate for paliation of IGTN, it is designed for a partial nail avulsion/wedge resection

Peroneal Tendinitis or Sinus Tarsi Syndrome?

You can have both problems with peroneal muscles and sinus tarsi syndrome post inversion sprain

Windlass mechanism and children

When does the windlass mechanism start working in children, what age after what milestones?

Plantar fasciitis symptoms and two different running shoes

There was a statistical difference in the duration of symptoms at baseline between the two groups

Forefoot numbness relieved only in shoes

This is likely a forefoot pressure neuropathy, also seen commonly in people who use elliptical trainers on a regular basis and sometimes in cyclists

Ligament Laxity

Ligamentous laxity is, from a biomechanical perspective, a decrease in tensile stiffness of the ligaments that connect the joints of the foot and rest of the body.

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Feet are numb after playing soccer

Club-foot correction surgery in the age of 15?

Hammer toes

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